SEC. 16.127-8. ROLE OF THE OUR CHILDREN, OUR FAMILIES INITIATIVE.
§ 16.127-8
The Our Children, Our Families Initiative supports a Council by providing data, preparing plans, coordinating services across agencies, and helping the City secure state and federal funding for children and youth programs. The Board of Supervisors must designate which City department leads the Initiative and define each department's role.
The Our Children, Our Families Initiative helps a Council by giving it information and data it needs to make decisions, writing plans, and making sure that different City departments, schools, and community groups work together effectively. The Initiative also helps the City find and apply for money from the state and federal government to support children and youth. City departments have to report every two years about any state or federal money they've applied for or received. The Board of Supervisors will pick one City department or agency to lead the Initiative and decide what each department's responsibilities are.
- Complex:The section references multiple entities (Council, City departments, SFUSD, Board of Supervisors, Children and Youth Fund) and roles across subsections, and cross-references Article IX budget procedures, making the full scope of obligations difficult to track without reading the broader Code.
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Official text
(a) The Initiative shall provide support for the Council by providing data and information relevant to the Council’s decisions, by preparing drafts of the Outcomes Framework and the Plan, by implementing alignment of systems and coordination of services, and by evaluating submissions from City departments and SFUSD under this Section 16.127-8.
(b) The Initiative shall ensure that various community groups, agencies, and organizations responsible for providing support, including SFUSD, other government agencies, and community partners, work together in aligned, coherent, and effective ways.
(c) The Initiative shall ensure that the City maximizes opportunities to receive available funding for children and youth from the State and Federal governments. As part of their biennial budget submission under Article IX, City departments that provide services to children, youth, and families shall report on any State or Federal funding for which the department has applied or received funding.
(d) The Board of Supervisors by ordinance shall designate a department, commission, or other City entity to assume primary responsibility for supporting the Initiative and establish the responsibilities of constituent City departments and commissions within the Initiative. Funding for administrative support for the Initiative shall not be included in the Children and Youth Fund Baseline calculation.
(Added by Proposition J, Approved 11/5/2024)